Lowe (DER 325) - Naval Cruise Book

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Lieutenant Commander Johnson was born on 27 November 1935 at Soperton, Georgia. He attended schools in Orlando, Florida and en- tered the Citadal, the Military Col- lege of South Carolina in 1954 graduating in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He entered the Navy in 1959 and was assigned to the USS ADVANCE CIVISO-5103 homeported in Long Beach, California. He served as lVline-countermeasures Officer, En- gineer Officer, Operations and Navi- gator. He was ordered to the USS CARPENTER CDD-8255 in 1961 as Operations Officer for that Pearl Harbor based destroyer. ln 1963 he was detached to attend the Defense Language Institute in lVlon- terey, California where he studied the French language. He graduated from the Defense Intelligence School, Washington D.C. in 1964 and was assigned as Assistant Naval At- tache, U.S. Embassy, Ottawa, Cana- da.. LCDR Johnson has a sub- specialty in Intelligence. He reported aboard the LOWE in January 1967 as a Lieutenant. LCDR'Johnson is married to the former Nora Szarkowicz of Comp- ton, California. They have two children, lVlark 6 and Heather 2. EXECUTIVE OFFICER llilll j 1 QLH I ll

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Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander RESZETAR was born February 13, 1932 in Ormrod, Pennsylvania, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reszetar. Upon graduation from Parkland High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania he entered the U.S. Naval Academy from where he graduated in 1955 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Following graduation LCDR RESZETAR reported to USS KENNETH D. BAILEY CDDR-7139 and served on board until August 1958. During his tour in BAILEY, he served as Communications Officer, Main Propulsion Assistant and Engineering Officer. In September 1958 he reported to the Pre-commissioning Detail for USS OBSERVATION ISLAND CEAG-1549 at Norfolk, Virginia. When the ship was commissioned in December 1958, he reported on board as Communications Officer and served until July 1959. During this period, the ship was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for work in the development of the polaris missile. In 1959 LCDR RESZETAR reported to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School as a student and graduated in June 1961 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. From July 1961, until December 1962 he served as Operations Officer and Navigator in USS WILLIAM H. WOOD lDDR-7153. During this period the ship was involved in the Cuban quarantine opera- tions. In January 1963 he reported to the Staff Commander Destroyer Squadron FOUR in Charleston, South Carolina as Chief Staff Officer and Material Officer. Upon completion of this tour in March 1964, he reported aboard USS ROBERT K. HUNTINGTON CDD-7813 as Executive Officer and Navigator. LCDR RESZETAR reported to the U.S. Naval Academy in August 1965 as an instructor in the Weapons Department. At the Naval Academy he taught Systems Engineering and Au- tomatic Control Systems. ' On 5 July 1967, LCDR RESZETAR assumed Command of USS LOWE, Qdestroyer escort radar picket 3259, a member of Escort Squadron SEVEN, home-ported in Guam, Marianas Islands. LCDR RESZETAR is authorized to wear the following medals: Navy Unit Commendation, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Occupation Medal, National Defense Medal with bronze star, t-he Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with bronze star, the Vietnam Expeditionary Medal with bronze star and the South Vietnam Medal. A

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nl I' X. ff' .JK I k.,f':' 5 II.iz,m..I.9I,.i 5 5 5 DEPARTNIENT HEADS WEAPONS OFFICER Lieutenant William S. Verdell of Villa Rica, Georgia. A graduate of Georgia Technical Institute, LT Verdell holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in lvlechanical Engineering. Before reporting aboard the LOWE in December 1965, he served as Damage Control Assistant for two years on the USS SNOHOIVIISH COUNTY KLST-11263 homeported in San Diego, California. ENGINEER OFFICER Lieutenant tjunior gradel Robert Louis Stevenson of Fredericktovvn, Nlissouri. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Southeast Missouri State College. LTfjgl Stevenson reported aboard the LOWE in June 1966 serving as Electronics Material Officer and lVlain Propulsion Assistant before assuming duties as Chief Engineer.